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The statement said the soldier\u2019s identity is being withheld until 24 hours after his or her family has been notified.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K.\u2019s Ministry of Defence said in a separate post that the family of the British soldier has been notified and requested a \u201cperiod of grace\u201d before more details are released.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has been reducing the number of troops countering the Islamic State group in Iraq. But American forces have retained a presence in the Kurdish region as the U.S. seeks to strengthen ties with the Kurds.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1291\">Trump signals backing off controversial \u2018anti-weaponization fund\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. inaugurated a large new consulate compound in December in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, highlighting Washington\u2019s diplomatic and strategic engagement in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The deaths occurred nearly a month after two American soldiers fell off a cliff and died during an off-duty recreational hike in Morocco. They were reported missing May 2 after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/tucsonmovingreport.com\/?p=1289\">\u2018Natural nurturing energy\u2019: Friends remember pregnant Phoenix teen shot, killed in California<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. and British militaries say one American soldier and one British soldier died during a training exercise in Iraq. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A US soldier and a British soldier die during training in Iraq - 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